The Pros and Cons of Dating

There's no compelling reason not to start dating again

So you just started dating, or you're about to post a profile for the second — or umpteenth — time. You haven't yet met your soul mate yet, but you still think dating is fun. Sometimes, that is. At other times the venture seems so mind-boggling you want to hang up your dating pumps for good.

I went through all that — for decades, in fact, a period during which I met men I liked and men I didn't. A few might be keepers, I thought; others (many others!) were clearly just plain wrong for me. Along the way, I started compiling the pros and cons of dating. I hope you'll have fun reading my yeas and nays below — and that you'll conclude, as I eventually did, there's no compelling reason not to start dating again.

Con
Clammy hands! And what if your date is neither a walker, a moviegoer nor a hand-holder? That second scenario is fine; most new movies aren't worth seeing, even with the discount. As for scenarios 1 and 3, though, I would worry: Walking and holding hands are my idea of heaven.